King's Gambit: Is this Battle Style have its future??

One of my favourite Openings is King's Gambit either Accepted or Declined. It is a classic move by chess player to protect the center. And for me, It was so daring for those who never meet this type of White's player in their first tournament. I'd smile inside when see my opponent's face turned red while i'm doing some sacrification. Some will resign before 23 steps. It's cool.

But I never dare to try this if I knew who's my opponent on list. Gila ke apa. Hehehehe.

However, this openings were good for kids and newbies. Maybe dream is only dream to see myself beat any strong Black player using this unique weaponry.

Is this Battle Style have its future??

see what's happened to Anand Visvanathan...... UNBELIEVABLE

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bxf4 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nfe4 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bc2 Nf6 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe6 Qf7 27. Qd5 Nf5 28. Rxf5 1-0

HERE, I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHINGS WITH YOU...

About the King's Gambit
The KG is one of the first openings invented after the change of rules in the 16th century. It was designed to use the new opportunities for fast development made possible by the pawn's new double step.
In the beginning - in the hands of e.g. Greco (1600-1634) - white used multiple piece sacrifices on the f-file, on f3 and f7 in particular, to drag the black monarch into the middle of the board for a swift execution.
As time went by defences were found for black against most of these highly committal lines. Thus white gradually began to employ more positional measures like e.g. breaking up black's pawn chain f4 & g5 with an early h4 as in the Kieseritzky Gambit 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef4 3 Nf3 g5 4 h4!
Nowadays, other positional manoeuvres are gaining in popularity, e.g. the bishop fianchetto on b2 and the contemporary search for a better endgame even in exciting and unclear positions...

Those who are tempted to start playing the King's Gambit should know these quotations of Tartakower's

The first essential for an attack is - the will to attack!

Don't play the KG if you're not interested in grabbing the initiative and using it!

An attack is mounted not only against the opponent's position, but also against his Psyche.

For example, many of your opponents will chicken out in the opening, and not play very critical variations...

It's really a sad thing that most second players wheel out the same mistakes with the same enthusiasm century after century. But it's simply a fact, so why not take advantage of it? All those players who e.g. feel 'instinctively' that The Long Whip is the refutation of 2.f4; really deserve a chance to test their idea...

Pros and cons of the King's Gambit

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As I see it, the advantages of this opening carry the day. It's exciting, challenging, easy to learn since the different black defences have a personality of their own and it is both educational (you'll learn a lot about structure vs material and material vs time) and practical since you only need one opening against 1 - e5.
The downside is that you really must know your stuff or you may end up on the wrong side of a miniature. But, is there any opening you can play with confidence, without knowing it?!

welcome 2009, goodbye 2008

Lihatlah dua gambar idola aku di atas. Aku betul-betul teruja dengan permainan Queen's Gambit Declined dan Semi-Slav diorang. Satu pelajaran yang bagus dari FIDE 2006 yang menemukan Kramnik-Topalov:-
(1) Manusia tidak terlepas dari melakukan kesilapan walaupun bergelar GM. Korang analisislah sendiri permainan diroang masa 2006.
(2) Dalam keadaan tekanan tinggi, EQ lebih penting dari IQ. Kramnik membatalkan satu game hanya disebabkan ini. Kontrol emosi beb. Aku pun goyang kadang-kadang bila jumpa lawan kuat. Tu yang nak kena menuntut dengan paranormal tu. Uncle Seekers boleh tolong kot. :-)






2009 bakal menjelma.

tahun 2009 ni aku berazam untuk memperbaiki permainan catur dengan kemahiran dan pengalaman yang ada.

sudah tentu aku perlu menyertai banyak pertandingan-pertandingan catur selain hanya bermain di kedai kopi, di komputer dan online. nyata, setelah satu-satu kejohanan catur disertai permainan kita pasti meningkat.

tapi jangan tak tau pulak. kebanyakan kaki catur dan penggila catur di malaysia yang aku kenali ni memilih salah satu jalan yang lebih thrill untuk upgrade game diorang. aku tak nak cakap siapa. kadang2 aku pun sama.nak tahu macam mana>???? apalagi.
selit duit bawah papan la..

tak payah banyak . takde sepuluh ringgit, main lima ringgit.
takde lima ringgit, main dua ringgit. takde lima ringgit, main singgit.
takde singgit, lima posen pun jadi...

haaa nak katakan taik judi macam ye jugak. benda ni pernah didedahkan akhbar tempatan tentang sekumpulan mat-mat indon di ibunegara yang berjudi catur. tak pasti mereka enjoy berjudi atau enjoy dengan gerakan-gerakan menarik dalam catur. apapun mereka tetap sebahagian dari kita... Chess Addict

Sicilian. end of Dragon variations era?????

I had played 1.e4 against the Fritz 11 using Sicilian Defense. I noticed that over 50 games it was only 2 - 3 times the com choose to use Dragon variation. The rest was Najdorf and Scheveningen.
Is it because the comeback of Lightning Kid Anand or the newest line for Yugoslav attack.
Since 2009 arrival is finger countable I choose to wait the new version derived from 2008 game database. together we see what's happened with this popular game.

I am so angry. even if Jin Kazama from Tekken 5 come to real life will be beaten up by me like this. see my video.

why Johor Bahru got less chess tournament

This was my latest pic. See my eyeballs getting red playing the chessmaster.
Hey, y Johor Bahru got less chess tournaments?

Apa mau jadi. It should be monthly tournament be held in our area. KL is too far la bro. Sometimes we got money problems. Sometimes off-day problems.

Anybody have their ideas just keep in touch with me.

chess openings

happy birthday tome

2 hari lepas harijadi aku yg ke 30. Kini aku baru sah benar2 memasuki alam dewasa. Selamat tinggal 2008, selamat datang2009. 2 gambar di atas adalah kenangan ketika memasuki pertandingan catur terbuka merdeka UTM skudai pada tahun 2007.

Pencapaian terbaik? meja no 8 pada pusingan ke 7 bertemu T-Mandar. 2 game putih aku menentang Sicilian Taimanov yg digunakannya masih belum menemui sinar harapan. Kajian aku masih pada pecahan variasi Dragon, Acceleratod Dragon dan Yugoslav Attack. Sesekali guna Scheveningen kalau main Hitam.

Kalau sesiapa main hitam jumpa T-Mandar jangan harap dia nak main Open Sicilian. Sampai kucing bertanduk pun dia takkan break d4 square. so, kena sabar la sikit. Kalau main Hitam memang variasi Taimanov lah kesukaan dia. Aku plak tak pernah try guna d4 bila guna White lawan dia. Dendam aku dia atas papan catur pasti akan kulunaskan suatu hari nanti.

Perang saudara tiada kesudahan

Esok raya haji. Diucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha buat mereka yang beragama Islam di seluruh negara. Hari ni merupakan hari kedua aku bercuti.Seperti biasa, bukanlah mudah untuk aku mendapat cuti kerja dalam sebulan. Jadi, waktu-waktu begini aku manfaatkan sepenuhnya untuk keluarga, kawan-kawan dan juga merehatkan diri.

Malam tadi berlaku peperangan saudara yang tiada berkesudahan. Seperti dulu barisan ketenteraan yang dipimpin olehku;Hamzah bin Md Ali ini akan dibawa bertempur dengan junta tentera Saudara Zairulnizam bin Tukiman@Zam Kunting.

Entah di mana silapnya, 4 set pertama Zam Kunting menguasai sayembara dengan mudah. Mungkin faktor keletihan pemanduan dan kurang rehat seusai habis bekerja. Itupun semua game main 1.e4 , kalau main 1.d4 tak taulah mcm mana lepak aku nak layan closed game.

Game#1: Zam vs Black (Philidor defense) 1-0 , aku pun tak tau mcm mana leh teringin nak reply main 1...... e5. mungkin hati rasa nak tukar angin. kesudahannya kecundang di ending.
Game#2: Black vs Zam (French winawer) 0-1, aku punya touching banayk menyinar dalam French Advance, tapi mlm ni mcm mengada-ngada nak main variasi yang aku sendiri tak berapa nak explore. Tumbang lagi.
Game#3: Zam vs Black (Sicilian defense, hyper accelerated dragon) 1-0, sememangnya ni game aku. sayangnya kat ending aku punya calculation mcm newbies. depan memember dia pun tunjuk main cantik sacrifice Queen.
Game#4: Black vs Zam (Sicilian dragon, yugoslav attack) 0-1, Yugoslav attack merupakan salah satu senjata aku memusnahkan pemain-pemain Dragon. Aku lebih suka panggil ni sebagai Dragon Slayer. Sub-variant kegemaran aku meletakkan King's Bishop di Be2 berbanding Bc4.
Macam kena pukau, kat middle game aku macam takut main terus setuju untuk exchange.berderai struktur bidak.

Aku mula ngantuk nak balik. Zam sound relax dulu. Oklah. Aku suruh Zam buat bihun goreng dan Nescafe panas. Nak tahu game #5 ke atas semua aku bantai dia..Hahahah. Puas hati aku dapat peningkan kepala musuh ketat aku balik.